Flex 2 : Possible bug in Slider

Question

Hi,
I have been trying to restrict the thumbs of an HSlider from
overlapping.
Setting allowThumbOverlap to false did not work.
I noticed that the ability of the thumbs to overlap is
directly related to the maximum value allowed for the slider.
Given below is an example for the same. I presume this must
be a bug, since the documentation mentions
nothing about this. If somebody can throw more light on this,
it would be great.
TestSlider.mxml
===========================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
xmlns="*">
<mx:HBox>
<mx:Label text="Maximum 13" width="90"/>
<mx:HSlider id="slider13" width="180" thumbCount="2"
snapInterval="1" minimum="0" maximum="13" dataTipPlacement="bottom"
/>
<mx:Label text="Thumbs overlap in both directions"
width="300"/>
</mx:HBox>
<mx:HBox>
<mx:Label text="Maximum 14" width="90"/>
<mx:HSlider id="slider14" width="180" thumbCount="2"
snapInterval="1" minimum="0" maximum="14"
dataTipPlacement="bottom"/>
<mx:Label text="Thumbs overlap from left to right"
width="300"/>
</mx:HBox>
<mx:HBox>
<mx:Label text="Maximum 15" width="90"/>
<mx:HSlider id="slider15" width="180" thumbCount="2"
snapInterval="1" minimum="0" maximum="15"
dataTipPlacement="bottom"/>
<mx:Label text="Thumbs do not overlap" width="300"/>
</mx:HBox>
</mx:Application>
===========================
Regards!
Santosh

Answer 1

Santosh,
This is indeed a bug. Thank you for bringing it to our
attention. As a
workaround, try using different values for the width property
or don't
specify a width at all.
Jason Szeto
Adobe Flex SDK Developer
"stchavan" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:e9lh3m$sv0$[email protected]..
> Hi,
>
> I have been trying to restrict the thumbs of an HSlider
from overlapping.
> Setting allowThumbOverlap to false did not work.
> I noticed that the ability of the thumbs to overlap is
directly related to
> the
> maximum value allowed for the slider.
> Given below is an example for the same. I presume this
must be a bug,
> since
> the documentation mentions
> nothing about this. If somebody can throw more light on
this, it would be
> great.
>
> TestSlider.mxml
> ===========================
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="
http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
xmlns="*">
> <mx:HBox>
> <mx:Label text="Maximum 13" width="90"/>
> <mx:HSlider id="slider13" width="180" thumbCount="2"
snapInterval="1"
> minimum="0" maximum="13" dataTipPlacement="bottom" />
> <mx:Label text="Thumbs overlap in both directions"
width="300"/>
> </mx:HBox>
> <mx:HBox>
> <mx:Label text="Maximum 14" width="90"/>
> <mx:HSlider id="slider14" width="180" thumbCount="2"
snapInterval="1"
> minimum="0" maximum="14" dataTipPlacement="bottom"/>
> <mx:Label text="Thumbs overlap from left to right"
width="300"/>
> </mx:HBox>
> <mx:HBox>
> <mx:Label text="Maximum 15" width="90"/>
> <mx:HSlider id="slider15" width="180" thumbCount="2"
snapInterval="1"
> minimum="0" maximum="15" dataTipPlacement="bottom"/>
> <mx:Label text="Thumbs do not overlap"
width="300"/>
> </mx:HBox>
> </mx:Application>
> ===========================
>
> Regards!
>
> Santosh
>